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It had to do with the fact that -- despite all this talk of German technological superiority -- they never built a strategic bomber even remotely comparable to American B-17's and B-24's, and British Lancasters.

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself whether Hitler didn't have such bombers built because he fundementally did not believe in prosecuting that sort of war (a total war against civilians?). The British spent 1/3 of their war effort on bombing, the Americans around 1/8.

Oh, and the French hate Americans because they are jealous girly-men.

My WWII Battle Atlas notes the following regarding British bombing just for 1940 and 1941:

8/40 - "Enemy targets in France", 3, 4, 5/41 - raids on port of Brest, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10/41 - sweeps over N. France, 7/41 - raids on Brest, Cherbourg, Lorient, and La Pallice, 8/41 - Raids on Cherbourg, 9/41 - raids on Brest and St. Nazaire, 10/41 - raids on Brest, St. Nazaire, Lorient, 11/41 - night raids on Brest, Lorient, daylight offensive against northern France for 15 days

Here's a few months of 1943 by the Americans and British:

7/43 - night raid on Montbelliard, day raids on Le Mans, La Pallice, Nantes, and Villacoublay, 9/43 - night raids on Boulogne, Mont Lucon, and Modane; Fortresses and Liberators drop 5400 tons on Paris, Nantes, and La Pallice, 11/43 - moderate night raids on Modane and Cannes, daylight raids on Toulon, 12/43 attacks on Pas de Calais and Paris in major heavy bomber operations

Which countries bombed Paris in WWII? Only the US and Britain.

But it was hard to find a French citizen who hated Americans when they liberated Paris.

No one ever hates the soldiers who are currently running around your neighborhood with large loaded weaponry shooting anything that looks disagreeable. The Parisans fell all over the Germans in 1940 too.

Great Britain the the US had different strategies than the German military. The Germans did not develop strategic bombers because it did not fit in with the blitzkrieg tactics. They expected to over run the factories before the war dragged on to long. Also, in the 30's Germany had a shortage of resources. They could develop dive bombers and tanks, or divert some of those resources to long range heavy bombers. Since no German general wanted a repeat of trench warfare, they focused on fast attack equipment.

Hitler very much believed in total war. Take a look at the activities on the Eastern front. Claiming that Hitler didn't believe in total war, and that as a result the Germans would not build heavy bombers, ignores much of the actions the SS and others took in German occupied Europe.

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself whether Hitler didn't have such bombers built because he fundementally did not believe in prosecuting that sort of war (a total war against civilians?).

Except the Jews of course and you don't need bombers when you have ovens.

Stop deluding yourself.

Hitler's SS killed millions of innocent civilians up close and personal, with a bullet in the head then buried in a mass grave. Nice.

That's the first thing they did when they entered a country.

Murder, rape, and pillage.

This was the Nazi way in France, Holland, Poland, Russia. Name the country and I'll show you innocent civilians murdered by Hitler's SS troops.